Rail-fastener and anticreeper.



. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1908. w. E. STRIKER & J. P. GRISSIN RAIL FASTENER AND ANTIORBEPER.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1.1907.

the county stationary allowing the ties to 5 rail fastener.

For holding the rail2 upon the ties 1, we

t. tannin E, STRIKER' nn JOHN r. omssmenaor sar onic.

RAIL-FAS TENEB AND .ANTIGBEEPER..

Specification. of, Letters Patent v --Application filed Junel, 19b7, SerialNo. 316,531.

Patented June as, most ll whom i ay concern: f j

Beitlkno *nthat we,.W1LLrAM E. STRIKER and JOHN F..." GItIlSSINGER, citizens, of the United States of America, residin' ,at Scio, in of'Harrisbn and Still,

have inventedr certain new and'useful Improvements in- Rail Fasteners and I Anticreepers, 10f which thefollowing is a s eeifico'm anying drawin combined rail fastener's and anti-creepers, and the 'mventlonhas for its object to prov dera 1novel ra lfastener,wherein positive and-reliable means are employed forpreventing the fastener fronrcreeping or being displacedupon atie'.

Another-objectvide'a rail fastener particularly design for use with. a rail joint, the fastener being locatedyoppositea joint to prevent; the ties from creeping," due to the vibrato stresses andstrains exerted upon the joint h y rolling stool: passing over the same. The r of the joint,-;whensubjected to such stresses andgstgains, is to move the opposite ends of the ties,.uponwhich the joint is supported, in the direction opposite 'that in which the rolling'stock is moving The rai upon the o positexends ofthe ties remains practicall creep therebeneath. I obviate this independent or creeping movement of the ties, we have devise an anti-creeperin connection with the The rail fastener and anticree er are combine Wherebythey can be came y and quickly positioned toserve functionallyzas a bond betweena tie and a rail.

The detailed construction entering into our invention will be hereinafter more fully described and specificallypointed out in the 'ap ended claims.

", n the drawings, Figure l-is'a plan of a portion of atrack equipped with toner and anti-creeper. Fig. 2 is an end view of the rail fastener.

' Fig. 3-is an elevation of the fastener, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view our rail fas- 'of the same.

. In the accomp ny' drawings, we have illustrated a section iil track consisting of ties 1, rails 2 and 3, the confronting ends of the rails 3 being secured together upon the ties bya conventional form of splice bars 4, said'bars 'or'the rails 3 beingsuitably secured upon the ties.

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cation, reference being had'thereinto't e ac-' T 's invention relates to improvements in of this invention is to (prooclivity use our fasteners .and anticreepers Each plate 5 having a constituting the fastener consists. Ofjt base dependent end flange .6, antigcreeper feature of our invention. side of thebase plate 5 is formedwitha gitudinally disposed enlargement 7, having spike openings 8. The enlargement 7 projects beyond the flange 6 and is provided with a recess 9 for a clam 10 adapted to overlie the base flange 11 of the rail 2, upon the. inner side of said rail. A bolt and nut 12 are employed for retaining the clam 10in the recess 9 and in engagement with t e base flange 11 of the rail 2. The outer side ofthe base plate 5' is formed with an overhanging flange 14 for engaging the base'flange 11 upon the outer side of the rail 2, and preventing vertical displacement of said rail when-held upon the inner side by the-clamp 10. The flange 14 and the base plate 5 are provided with spike openings 15.

provide ,said base plate with dependent prongs 16, adapted to bite into the top of a tie and prevent the base plate from creeping thereon. Y

Assuming that rollin stock travels upon the rails 2 and 3 in the direction of the arrow Woul ave a ten in the direction of the arrow, imparting arev,er-se movement to the opposite ends of the. ties, irrespective of'the rail 2 resting upon said ties; To obviate this tendency, the flanges 6 are provided in connection with the base lates 5,-there'by reventing the shiftin of the ties beneath t e rail 2.

it is evident from the illustrationof our invention that we and anti-creeper which will prevent the lateral and vertical displacement of a rail and its supporting tie.

We 0 not care to confine ourselves to the anti-creepers are made. I

Having fully described our invention, What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An anti-creeper for rails comprising a plate having one side of greater length than the other, the'side of greater length being thickened and rovided at one end with a recase", the said t ickened portion rovided on the inner side thereof with notches register ing with spike-openings formed material from which the rail fasteners and" in the plate,

Besides employing spikes for fastening the base plate 5 and the rail 2'upon the ties 1, we

of hi 1, the imdpetus of the rolling stock I 5 h ency-to force the rail joint have devised a rail fastener the marginal portion upon the shorter side of the plate formed with an upwardly' inclined flange provided. with a plurality of'notches registering with spike-openings in the plate, and a clamp mounted in said recess.

2. An anti-creeper for rails comprising a plate having one side of greater length than the other, the side of greater length being thickened and provided at one end with a recess, the said thickened portion provided at its inner edge with notches re istering with spike-openings formed in the p ate, the marginal portion upon the shorter side of the plate formed with an upwardly inclined flange provided with a plurality of notches registering with-spike-o enings in the plate, a clamp mounted in silk recess, and a transversely extending stop flange formed integral with the lower lace of the plate at a dint removed side of the plate. I

' In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures in the presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM E. STRIKER. JOHN F. GRISSINGER.

Witnesses:

HOMER L; Soor'r, JAMES G. SHEPERD.

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